Policy Press: 559 books

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by Lambley, Sharon, Hafford-Letchfield
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014

Social work and social care continue to face an unprecedented period of challenge and uncertainty, requiring the development of leadership capabilities at every level of the workforce as well as in the community. This critical and reflexive book looks closely at the pivotal but demanding role that...
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Social media homicide confessions

Stories of killers and their victims

by Yardley, Elizabeth
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017

The relationship between crime and social media has become an increasingly important topic in a networked world. However, the use of social media in relation to violent crime is little understood. This unique book, by an expert in the field, addresses this gap by analysing what those involved in homicide...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 2, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. It reports the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015

Many of the individual and social problems that are characterised as moral panics are, in reality, illustrations of a breakdown in the legitimacy of the state. This Byte picks up a number of case-study examples - internet pornography; internet radicalisation; ‘chavs’; the Tottenham riots; patient...
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Whose Housing Crisis?

Assets and Homes in a Changing Economy

by Gallent, Nick
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019

At the root of the housing crisis is the problematic relationship that individuals and economies share with residential property. Housing’s social purpose, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset, able to offer a hedge against weakening pensions or source of investment...
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Diversity in family life

Gender, relationships and social change

by Ruspini, Elisabetta
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013

As new forms of family and 'non-traditional' families grow in number, there is a need to understand these 'new' arrangements and models of parenthood. This ground-breaking book discusses, using a comparative and a sociological perspective, examples of the relationship between changing gender identities...
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by Megele, Claudia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Drawing on the latest research, theory and practice, this is the first book to provide social workers with an evidence-based, practical guide to safeguarding children and young people from abuse, in a world of sexting, selfies and snap chat. It presents an overview of the key e-safety and online risks...
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Foundations for youth justice

Positive approaches to practice

by Robinson, Anne
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014

How can youth justice refocus its attentions on the rights and perspectives of young people in transition? This exciting new book outlines the state of practice now in flux within structures created by New Labour but moving in a different direction under the Coalition Government. With a loosening...
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by Polizzi, David
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015

It is well known that the social definition of individuals and ethnic groups helps legitimize how they are addressed by law enforcement. The philosophy of the social construction of crime and criminal behaviour reflects how individuals, such as police officers, construct meaning from the perspective...
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Coercion and women co-offenders

A gendered pathway into crime

by Barlow, Charlotte
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016

What role does coercion play in women’s involvement in crime? This is the first book to explore coercion as a pathway into crime for co-offending women. Using newspaper articles and case and court files, it analyses four cases of women co-accused of a crime with their partner who suggested that...
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Intermediaries in the criminal justice system

Improving communication for vulnerable witnesses and defendants

by Woolfson, Richard, Plotnikoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015

This is the first book about the intermediary scheme, criminal justice’s untold ‘good news story’. Intermediaries are independent communication specialists who assist children and vulnerable adults at police interviews and trials, helping to improve the quality of their evidence and providing...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018

This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of...
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by Frank Strier
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015

This eBook explores the relationship between guns and kids. And it reveals disturbing facts. For example, the firearm fatality rate in the U.S. among children under 15 years old is nearly twelve times higher than in 25 other industrialized countries—combined. Over 75% of these killings are unintentional....
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